Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
Pune Collector Chandrakant Dalvi has decided to crack the whip on gram panchayats that have not constructed toilet blocks and nearly 600 sarpanchs and panchayat members will be stripped off their posts for not adhering to rules. The move comes as part of the effort to make Pune an open …
Rural Development Minister C P Joshi said on Thursday that government was considering interlinking its rural sanitation programme with NREGA to eradicateopen defecation by 2010. Joshi said interlinking would lead to utilisation of funds available under material and labour components of NREGA and thereby expedite the programme. The government
The ASHWAS survey is a process of enquiry about the water, sanitation and hygiene situation in rural Karnataka. It has a number of unusual features which distinguish it from more conventional surveys. Firstly, it is a citizen's survey in that it places a high premium on the perceptions of the …
Because of lack of proper sanitation, communicable diseases spread causing considerable loss and disabilities to human resources. Considering this, the international community has set the provision of sanitation as part of the Millennium Development Goals, aiming to reduce the number of those without adequate sanitation facilities to half by the …
ITANAGAR, Nov 24: Governor Gen (Retd) J J Singh gave away the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) awards to ten Gram Panchayats in a glittering ceremony, organized by the Public Health Engineering Department, at the banquet hall of Raj Bhavan here today. Quoting Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Singh said,
SHILLONG, Nov 20: State Commissioner and Secretary, Public Health Engineering (PHE) PW Ingty said today that 100 per cent sanitation would be provided in all the villages of Meghalaya by 2012. He said this at the State-level training-cum-reorientation workshop on
Hyderabad, Nov. 18: Despite targets periodically set by the government, sanitary facilities in most states in the country have improved little over the centuries. In Andhra Pradesh, 60 per cent of households in villages and 25 per cent in urban areas still do not have a toilet. Even when toilets …
NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday called for enrolling women in a big way to make cleanliness a pivotal campaign in the rural areas and to build character and healthy habits among children. Addressing the winners of the Nirmal Gram Puraskars for the year 2009, the President emphasised on …
Shagufta Kalim Through its many initiatives, Water for People is making clean water an accessible reality in West Bengal's rural areas. The project started in 2005 and it has been showing the required results when and where it matters the most. Around the world, 884 million people do not have …
Poor sanitation is responsible for the spread of a number of communicable diseases, resulting in lost productivity, reduced quality of life, and improvishment. Sanitation is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve public health. Using nationally representative data sets, the report presents analyses of progress, differentials, correlates, and challenges …
As many as 37 Gram Panchayats selected under Sampoorna Swachchatha Andolan (SSA) were presented with Rs 2 lakh each cash prize and mementos at a function held at NGO Hall here on Thursday. In Rrecognition: Sampoorna Swachchata Andolan award being presented to a Gram Panchayat head at NGO Hall in …
Bilaspur: Sixtyfive gram panchayats of the Bilaspur district, which had attained distinction in the Total Sanitation Programme within the target time, were given prizes worth Rs 1.24 crore here yesterday. Forest Minister JP Nadda, who was the chief guest, Deputy Speaker of Vidhan Sabha Rikhi Ram Kaundal, MLA Randhir Sharma …
Health, a state of complete physical and mental well-being and not merely the absence of diseases as defined by WHO, is the prerequisite of all-round development inclusive of socio-economic prosperity. Though stress has been laid on ensuring better health delivery system in rural areas but lack of proper sanitation has …
This article discusses the various components that impact effective water quality management in rural India. Experience suggests that redesigning of data management programme at village, district and at national level, upgradation of district-level laboratories and addressing technical, legal and institutional components should become the first steps in achieving effective water-quality …
Access to safe sanitation would, for some 2.5 billion fellow citizens without it, improve their health, dignity, local environment and economic well-being. While most people would agree that the poor and vulnerable should be supported to obtain sanitation services in ways that promote social equity, are people-centred, participatory and affordable, …
